John Courage

Brewed by John Smiths (Heineken UK)
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Tadcaster, England

Serve in English pint

This didn’t seem like a pale ale at all. More bitter and stale like a lager. Slight citrus and acidic tones.

Bronze orange appearance with a creamy head and creamy mouthfeel leading me to postulate that this may have been nitrogenated. The flavor was a rather bland combination of amber and pale ale with a sourish underpinning. Smooth and creamy, with some bitterness, a decent blue collar English pub beer I imagine, but underwhelming to the more refined palate.

middle of the road beer works best for that brother-in-law that you hate to give beer too.

Maybe I drank from a bad keg, but this beer sucked bad. It smelled bad and tasted bad, it was foul and offensive. Forget it.

Very watered down and slightly dry at the end. Caramel malt nose is faint. I was expecting this to be pretty good. Oh well, I guess they all can’t be great! Very pale in color. Very pale in taste.

I was expecting more, despite the fact I haven’t ever heard of this before I bought it. Very malty aroma and relatively malty taste. Lightly hopped. There is a very distinct mildly sweet character that comes out in the malt. Tastes kind of like caramel or faintly of molasses. Overall just a bit bland.

Little cloudy for this copper colored ale. Malty and spicy flavor. Finish is missing that pizazz.... it just sort of fades with this wine like palate.

Light color, malty aroma and flavor. Slight wine tones, may just be the alcohol coming through in the nose. Thin head, mild carbonation. Slightly hoppy and an unfortunate watered down flavor. I would drink it again but I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it to my friends.